Improvement in plow-fenders



A. P. WEBBER.

Plow Fender.

PATENT' OFFICE.

ALANSON P. WEBBER, 'or sAnAToGA TOWNSHIP, ILLINOIS.,

IMPROVEMENT IN PLOW-FENDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,087, dated December 19, 1871.

To all whomgit may concern:

Be it known that I, ALANsoN I. WEBBER, of Saratoga township,in the county of Marshall and in the State of Illinois, have invented a Plow- Fender; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which like let 1ers of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a plow and fender; Fig. 2, plan of the same; Fig. 3, side elevation of the fender on a larger scale.

rI his invention consists in placing before the mold-board or 4colter of a plow arod attached to the beam, carrying a small shovel at its lower end, behind andabove which shovel is a revolving roller, set on the rod as its axle; the object of the device being to throw oil' encumbering weeds, vines, stalks, 8vo., which would otherwise hamper the plow.

A is the plow-beam; B, the mold-board; G, a round bar or rod of iron adjusted to the beam A, on the land-side side, by staple-bolts a 01 equivalent adjustable iastenings, for raising or lowering the rod. The latter inclines `forward and downward from said beam in front ofthe mold-board or4 rod (l as a center, about four inches in diameter at the bottom, and increasing upward lto a width of six inches atthe beam B, to which it approaches closely. The bottom of this cylinder or roller rests on the shoulder' or elbow b, near the lower end of the rod (l, and so that the lower edge of the roller is a little below the upper end of the shovel D, the latter approaching the curvature of the roller very closely, so as to prevent the intrusion of weeds, &c. For this purpose, also, the

left between the roller and theI plow-beam. The

space thus left open must be filled by a block or other stopper to exclude weeds, Sto., which might prevent the turning' of the roller. A round block, d, represents this. L

The operation of this device is as follows: The plow is defended in front from weeds, stalks, vines, Src., by the action of the shovellD, conjoined with that of the roller E, the latter not permitting rubbish to lodge against it, as a little preponderance of weight or tension on one side of the roller will cause it to revolve in that direction until the obstruction or rubbish is thrown off. The point of the shovel D is regulated by means of the rod C to a point a little below the surface of the soil, so as merely to remove rubf bish to one side.

What I claim as my invention is-- A plow-fender, consisting ofthe rod C provided with theconvex shovelD, roller E, and either with or without block d, when adjustable vertically by means of the eye or staple-bolts a and attached to the plow-beam forward of the plow, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing plowfender I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of August, 1871.

ALANSON P. WEBBER.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WELLS, i

JOHN E. JONES. (114) 

